Recruiting and Retention

Bringing In More & Better Feds The state of the Civil Service was under discussion at yesterday’s Coalition for Effective Change event marking the 30...

Bringing In More & Better Feds

The state of the Civil Service was under discussion at yesterday’s Coalition for Effective Change event marking the 30th anniversary of the Civil Service Reform Act. One of the participants was EEOC Chair Naomi Earp, who talked with me today about the Federal government getting–and keeping–talented people.

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Plan “B” is Turning Into Plan “c”

Two weeks ago, Bill Poole, former President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and now a senior fellow with the Cato Institute, suggested in a podcast that the government could invest in banks directly instead of just buying their bad assets, in order to free up the credit markets. Today he told me why the way the Treasury Department is going to do it, is a bad idea.

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The Crystal Ball of Information Technology

Karen Evans, Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget, gave an update on the current state of IT in the Federal government. She updated the audience on where the government has been, the problems that it has, and the ways they’re trying to get better. She also talked her vision for future IT success.

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Stay Home, Work Smarter

Today is the Fall 2008 Town Hall Meeting, hosted by the Telework Exchange. The focus is on technology that makes teleworking easier. The Telework Exchange’s Executive Director, Stephen O’Keeffe, talked about why technology is so woven into CIOs.

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